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October 24, 2019
Public Opinion on K–12 Education, Busing, Technology, and School Choice
December 1, 2010
Given the brisk growth of home schooling, the current generation probably doesn't recognize the truth behind Karen Roddy's words as quoted in your article: "There was a time when home-schoolers were happy to just not be arrested. Those times are gone.
April 28, 2020
The great majority of peer-reviewed studies on homeschooling finds that kids educated by their parents generally outperform their traditionally schooled counterparts in various ways.
July 1, 1999
Twenty years ago, home schooling was illegal almost everywhere in the United States. It became legal in all 50 states only as recently as 1993.
November 1, 1998
When public school teacher David Guterson published his book, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, in 1992, homeschoolers numbered just 300,000, and public reaction was decidedly negative.
Now, with homeschoolers numbering an estimated 1.
February 1, 2005
The evidence that home schooled students do well is more than special-interest pleading.
May 6, 2014
A Kentucky school district is increasing student freedoms and performance while zeroing out its dropout rate.
April 20, 2020
Often parents have no idea how public schools are failing their children. Coronavirus is making parents examine the benefits of homeschooling.
July 1, 1999
Twenty years ago, home schooling was illegal almost everywhere in the United States. It became legal in all 50 states only as recently as 1993.
July 1, 1999
HOME-SCHOOLING ORGANIZATIONS
The best place to start learning more about home schooling is at the Web site of the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Home School Legal Defense Association
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January 17, 2020
California’s green crusade direction and actions are increasing the costs of electricity and fuels which guarantees growth of the homeless, poverty, and welfare populations, and further fuels the housing affordability crisis.
January 1, 1996
This article originally appeared in Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 15 (1996), pp. 209-237. It remains, as of 2012, the most comprehensive analysis performed to date of the factors influencing the decision to choose a private school.
October 16, 2019
About 26 percent of U.S. homeschooling families—more than 400,000—are Hispanic, and 8 percent—about 130,000 families—are black, National Center for Education Statistics data show.
July 22, 2019
Homeschooling was once perceived as an educational alternative practiced largely by conservative white families for religious reasons, but today it is more racially and religiously diverse than ever.
September 15, 2019
More than a quarter of homeschooling families are black or Hispanic.
February 22, 2019
Oregon is considering taking the idea of “nanny state” to a new level with a program that would send government-sanctioned health care workers to the homes of new parents to make sure newborns are getting proper care and screening.
September 12, 2018
Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Oregon parents who want to participate directly in their children’s education.
November 30, 2018
Washington law allows homeschoolers to participate in extracurricular activities
June 5, 2018
Parents and their children can be the big winners once freed from statist baby-sitting controls.
October 12, 2018
Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Kentucky parents who want to improve their children’s education, according to a report presented to the Kentucky General Assembly’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee.
August 6, 2018
Americans have lost faith in the public school system. Only 36 percent of U.S. parents have a “great deal” of support for public schools, according to a 2017 study by Gallup.
January 23, 2018
Sports leagues formed to cater to homeschooled students have been growing steadily nationwide.
October 10, 2017
In keeping with national trends, increasing numbers of Mainers are moving their children out of traditional schools and into the home.
October 8, 2017
A Texas school district has marked off six “family nights” on its 2017-18 school calendar, at parents’ request.
November 1, 2017
Home or small-scale production of goods and services is surging in the U.S. Examples include YouTube videos, blogging and self-published books, craft beer, cupcakes, and home schooling.
December 17, 2017
National data indicating the U.S. homeschooling population has remained static since 2012 has homeschooling advocates questioning the numbers.
July 12, 2017
Washington should spare school choice its suffocating embrace.
November 23, 2017
A homeschooling advocacy group is suing the government of New York City (NYC) for “systematic mistreatment of homeschoolers” because the city’s slow processing of paperwork has resulted in homeschooling families being falsely accused of crimes.
January 16, 2018
A group of New Hampshire lawmakers is planning to introduce legislation to restrict freedoms of homeschooling families.
August 10, 2017
The number of homeschooled children now exceeds students in parochial schools.
December 5, 2017
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill that would grant asylum to a specified number of families persecuted for homeschooling in their home countries.
January 20, 2017
The number of families homeschooling in South Dakota increased by 40 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to data provided by the South Dakota Department of Education (DOE).
July 30, 2017
A new report says the number of children educated at home exceeds those enrolled in parochial schools.
December 2, 2016
The number of homeschooled students in the United States more than doubled between 1999 and 2012, according to U.S. Department of Education (DOE) estimates.
December 5, 2016
A growing number of schools and individual teachers are limiting or eliminating homework for elementary school students.
September 6, 2017
New analysis of federal education data reveals families who homeschool their children save their fellow taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
July 17, 2017
A home-centered education movement that began as one mother’s educational vision for her son has expanded to serve more than 104,000 students nationwide.
March 9, 2017
Kari Beckman, a Catholic mother in Atlanta, Georgia, decided the home education she had designed for her children was not fulfilling her family’s needs.
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